Native American Literature. History America is a land of immigrants – First Native Americans migrated to NA Continent 20,000-40,000 years ago by crossing.

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Native American Literature

History America is a land of immigrants – First Native Americans migrated to NA Continent 20,000-40,000 years ago by crossing the Bering Strait Land/Ice bridge – Settled in small tribal communities across continent Literature of Native Americans not recognized by Western Society as literature until 1800s when oral traditions were written down for the first time

Myths and Folktales The purpose of myths is to seek to explain or rationalize one or more aspects of the world or a society. Myths usually have religious or supernatural elements and have a character that is immortal Origin myth—a myth that explains how something began

Archetypal Myths: Creation Myths Many cultures around the world have stories about creation. – Judeo-Christian Genesis—Adam and Eve – Babylonian—Marduk creates the world from spoils of battle – Yoruba—The Golden Chain – Norse Mythology—the first world of Muspell Other Common types of Mythological story archetypes – Hero stories (the quest, overcoming the monster, voyage/return) – Rags to Riches stories--Resurrection/Rebirth – Trickster stories--star crossed lovers

Oral Traditions The languages of Native American tribes were never written down before the English arrived from Europe. Their stories were passed verbally from generation to generation.

Languages of North America

Forgotten Languages The population of the native civilizations of the current territory of the United States fell from about 20 million to the present level of less than 2 million. Beyond the shrinking size of the ethnic populations, the languages have also suffered due to the prevalence of English among those of Native American ancestry. Most Native American languages have ceased to exist, or are spoken only by older speakers, with whom the language will die in the coming decades.

Remaining Speakers Only 8 indigenous languages of the area of the continental United States currently have a population of speakers in the U.S. and Canada large enough to populate a medium-sized town. Only Navajo still has a population of greater than 25,000 within the U.S. LanguageFamilyLocationsSpeakers NavajoAthabaskanAZ, NM, UT148,530 CreeAlgicMT, Canada60,000 OjibwaAlgicMN, ND, MT, MI, Canada51,000 CherokeeIroquoianOK, NC22,500 DakotaSiouanNE, ND, SD, MN, MT, Canada20,000 ApacheAthabaskanNM, AZ, OK15,000 BlackfootAlgicMT, Canada10,000 ChoctawMuskogeanOK, MS, LA9,211

Purposes of Native American Literature Native American Literature was not just for entertainment Many of the myths included multiple purposes – Teach a moral lesson – To explain the unexplainable Creation of humanity Seasons Stars – To preserve the history and culture of the particular tribe

Purposes of Native American Literature – Convey a practical message about the world When to plant crops How to harvest and store crops – To illustrate the necessity of balance between humanity and the natural world Values the importance of ALL living things All plants, animals, and humans are part of the Great Spirit Stresses conservation